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A fall 2023 survey revealed the following interesting facts about our alumni:
- 95% of our alumni are employed.
- 89% are employed in the art and design field and are working in an industry that is related to their AVT degree.
- Job titles include Art Specialist, Creative Manager, Art Teacher, Graphic Designer, Creative Strategist, Production Designer, Photographer, Design Patent Examiner, and Biophilic Design Specialist, to name a few.
- Our alumni are nationwide and global: from Maine to California, from Norway to Saudi Arabia.
BA Photography, 2007
Adrift is an ongoing series about home-where it is and what constitutes it. As a Palestinian-American, my definition of home continues to change as I create these images made through in-camera multiple exposures...
2014, BFA Painting
Raymond graduated from George Mason University in 2014 with a BFA in painting. Over the course of his career, he has been involved with many other traditional mediums of art; which have converged into his mode of crafting work.
MFA Imaging Arts & AVT, 2007
Christin is an international artist, photographer, educator, and sustainable food advocate from McLean, Virginia.
2015, BFA Sculpture
Rodrigo was born in Lima, Peru in 1989. He studied at the Ponticia Universidad Católica del Peru (PUCP) Art Program from 2007 until 2009, when he relocated to the United States.
2012, BFA Printmaking
A Washington, D.C. native, she takes printmaking as her primary medium using influences from around the world, through travel and direct one on one experience for humour, interconnectivity and faux pas.
Adjunct Faculty, CVPA
MFA, Art and Visual Technology, 2013 (alumna)
Asma’s art practice intertwines her passion for philanthropy where she often donates proceeds from her artwork sales to benefit charities such as the Malala Fund, STEM For Her, Helping Hand, and the American Red Cross as a means for improving women’s and girls’ education...MFA Sculpture, 2016
Ceci Cole McInturff is artist/owner of 87FLORIDA, a working studio and exhibit/performance space in Washington, D.C. Her bodies of work comprise writing, sculpture, sculptural book objects and narrative installation, hand-formed papermaking, and alternative/non-linear screen prints.
BFA Printmaking/Sculpture, 2014
Chelsea’s work is an exploration of identity and cultural norms. Dating protocol interests me, particularly the failure of relationships. I appropriate the lingering visual residue of the disintegration of my personal relationship failures.
Assistant Director of Operations and Business, School of Art, CVPA
Sisc Johnson joined the staff of the School of Art in 2023 as the Assistant Director of Operations and Business. Sisc graduated from George Mason University with a BFA in Photography.BA, Art and Visual Technology, Minor Theater, 2014
Nia, a military brat, was born on Andrews AFB, Maryland. It was the magic of animation in movies and television, that kept Nia occupied as she traveled from place to place with her parents.
Header image: Beauty in International Couples, (left to right: Unity in Marriage, Unifying Hearts, and Love Unconditionally), by Maria J. Siguenza (Senior Art Show, 2023)